Three years' wanderings in the northern provinces of China

Description

When the news of the peace with China first reached England, in the autumn of 1842, I obtained the appointment of Botanical Collector to the Horticultural Society of London, and proceeded to China in that capacity early in the spring of the following year. In laying my travels and their results before the public, I beg to say at the commencement, that I have no intention of writing or "making" a "book on China." By this I mean such books as have often been issued from the press, professing to give a faithful and true account of the history of the Chinese from the earliest ages, and their earliest kings down to Taouk-wang and the present day, of the arts, sciences, religion and laws, and the social and moral condition of the people; whose authors, with true Chinese "Oula custom," stand manfully by what the writers of other days have told them; and faithfully hand down to posterity, by the aid of the scissors and the pen, all the exaggerations and absurdities which have ever been written on China and the Chinese.--pg. vii.

Subjects

Series Statement

• The Modern Chinese economy

Other Editions

• Three years' wanderings in the northern provinces of China: including a visit to the tea, silk, and cotton countries; with an account of the agriculture and horticulture of the Chinese, new plants, etc.J. Murray1847-01-01
• Three years' wanderings in the northern provinces of ChinaGarland Pub.1979
• Three years' wanderings in the northern provinces of ChinaJ. Murray1847-01-01
• Three years' wanderings in the Northern Provinces of ChinaMurray1847-01-01
• Three years' wanderings in the northern provinces of ChinaUniversity press1935-01-01
• Three years' wanderings in the northern provinces of ChinaCh'eng Wen Pub. Co.1972-01-01